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Lima (Lima)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1796Lima (Lima) Bruguiére
1973Lima (Lima) Vokes p. 89
1987Lima (Lima) Moore p. C13
2002Lima (Lima) Marquet

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
Limoidei(Moore 1952)
superfamilyLimoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLimidaeRafinesque 1815
genusLimaBruguière 1797
subgenusLimaBruguiére 1796

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Lima (Lima) Bruguiére 1796
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Lima (Lima) rembangensis Pannekoek 1936
Lima (Lima) vedderi Moore 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 08:35:40
Modified: 2009-09-09 10:35:40
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lacian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 221.50000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 212.0 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian - Alaunian221.5 - 212.0Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) Lima bittneri (97824)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Lima brancoi, Lima sp. (34608)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Lima brancoi, Lima lingula (57791) Lima sp. (57157)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Lima sp. (4527 4530)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (California) Lima n. sp. (224893)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Lima sp. (4240 4247 4250 4251 4253 4254 4256)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Lima sp. (4101 4120)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Lima sp. (4269 4279 4293 4312)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Lima sp. (4168 4169)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Lima deatsvillensis (4186 4215 4230) Lima deatsvillensis, Lima sp. (4205 4222 4223) Lima sp. (4174 4175 4178 4182 4201 4202 4203 4210 4216 4217 4219 4221 4224 4225 4234)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Lima cokei, Lima deatsvillensis, Lima sp. (4503) Lima deatsvillensis, Lima guadalupensis, Lima sp. (4475 4496) Lima deatsvillensis, Lima sp. (4395) Lima sp. (4404 4421 4451 4453 4462 4472 4485 4491 4493 4495 4506 4517)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Lima geinitzi (51500)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Lima graptea (65162 112590)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Lima caribbaea (89576)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Lima graptea (58454)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji Lima annulata (68180 68181)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Lima rembangensis (70084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Lima sp. (131218 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Lima stenacostata (58522)